OUTER BANKS
episode 9: THE BELL TOWER
part 1
as they were running away from the airstrip, ren couldn't help but feel bad for the fact that they were leaving john b and sarah, but was also relieved that ward didn't crash into john b.
kiara led them to this place with a lot of stuff there, like furniture, old food and a lot of other junk.
"jj maybe we shouldn't have left john b, i - what if he gets hurt, or sarah?! what about sarah jj i don't know what to do-" ren stuttered speaking because she was nervous for her friends.
jj cut her off by hugging her, "it's okay ren, he and sarah will be fine, i promise," he kissed the top of her head before letting her go.
she walked over by kie and held her hand.
they heard plane noises which made them walk out from underneath the shelter and look up at the sky, ren and kiara still holding hands.
"there goes the gold," it was ward's plane.
"shit!" ren yelled letting go of kiara's hand and kicking the lamp shade next to her, breaking it.
jj also kicked something next to him, but nothing was compared to pope and his big lash out. he was throwing things, yelling and breaking stuff. but who could blame him? he walked out on his interview for them and they didn't even win.
"pope!" everybody yelled
"pope!" kiara yelled one more time before pope sat down, frustrated.
"jesus christ, pope," ren sat down next to him, patting him on the shoulder,
"damn dude," jj walked over to them, "i was wondering when this was gonna happen," jj pulled out some weed, "here you go chief,"
"a little weed never hurt no one," ren smiled at him, taking jj's juul out of his pocket and hitting it.
"jj." kiara warned,
"relax kie," jj replied,
"you know he doesn't smoke," kiara reminded him but pope took it anyway, which shocked ren and made the juul fall out of her mouth, but she quickly put it back in.
"well, maybe not until today," jj sighed sitting down on the other side of pope,
"pope. yeah, what is that gonna help?" kiara asked
"i lost my scholarship. walked out in the middle of the interview, every- it's gone. it's not gonna happen," pope was crying a little which made ren feel even worse for the boy,
"you did that for us?" kiara asked sadly,
"no, not for us." he got up and to kiara's face, "for nothing,"
"i'm here for you pope," ren stood up next to him,
"welcome to our world, okay?" jj asked referring to him and ren.
"ren. jj-" kiara started but jj cut her off,
"what kie?! he's right," he said
"yeah, it's over. the golds gone, we've lost our chance," ren sighed taking another hit.
"it doesn't matter anymore," she added after she blew the smoke out,
"you don't have to do that," kiara said to pope who still was smoking,
"what do you care?" pope asked her quite angrily but pope's facial expressions changed when he looked past kiara and saw john b, which made everybody turn around and face him,
"john b!" ren ran up to him, "thank god your okay- john, who's blood is that?!" she panicked a little seeing the blood on his hands.
"is this yours?" jj asked him,
"who's blood?" kiara asked him aswell.
"you okay man?" she asked him,
"john b, are you okay?" kiara asked.
they heard sirens in the distance which made them all hide behind big pieces of furniture.
once the sirens had passed they got back up and started questioning john b about the blood again to which he explained that rafe had shot peterkin after she was trying to arrest ward, then john b did what he was told, he bolted.
the pogues were in the van and on their way to the police station for some odd reason, as they got closer jj asked a question all of them were wondering,
"john b, what are we doing at the police station?"
"somebody's gotta tell them what happened," john b replied.
just then pope started coughing a lot and really loudly,
"jeez pope, take it easy buddy," ren laughed while jj calmed him down too.
"all right, look john b. i'm gonna be real with you right now, you might end up in the lions den, but you don't go there on purpose," ren told john b, "it's fundamental,"
"yeah, just like my old man always told me you should never ever trust cops, no matter what the circumstances," jj agreed with his girlfriend,
"your old man's an abusive liar," kiara said which made ren scoff,
"bitch," ren muttered under her breath,
"i agree with ren and jj," pope spoke up, "fuck the police," he added which made ren smile proudly at him,
"you going to the dark side now?" kiara asked him,
"what's your problem kie?" ren asked her but kiara ignored her,
"whens the last time the police helped us?" pope pointed out,
"peterkin looked out for me, all right?" john b said, "tried to, at least. they need to know," john b got out of the car and walked inside, leaving the pogues in the car,
"well shit, he's fucked," ren took another hit of the juul she had been using this whole time,
jj shushed her and took her in his arms, laying back against the car door with her on his chest,
a few minutes later a screaming john b ran back to the car,
"start the car kie!"
"start the car!"
"john b, what did you do?!" kiara yelled,
"just go!" he yelled back, kiara started the car,
they all continued yelling at kiara to drive as a cop grabbed on to john b's door handle, as the car drove she came with it,
"guys! john b, move!" ren yelled to him, pushing him out of the way to open the door, sending the cop off it as the pogues drove away in a hurry,
it soon became morning and the pogues hadn't left the car and slept in there instead, since the whole police department was looking for him,
"good news for residents of the outer banks, dominion power says their underwater transmission line, which will restore power to 90% of the area should be functioned within twenty four hours," the radio said,
the pogues heard sirens in the distance, so they ducked a little before ren put jj's hat back over her face and continued laying on him,
"and still, no arrest in the shooting death of sherif susan peterkin," they all listened in to this part, "the state police have issued a statement regarding a local person of interest, a juvenile from-" the radio got shut off by kiara before the rest of the pogues sighed,
"let's game this out, maybe you guys can help, being the smart ones and all, but," jj sighed, "who are the cops going to believe? ward cameron or us? so the accuser is a bigshot developer, kind of lord of the island, got the governor on speed dial kind of person, and the accused... is john b, who is pretty much a homeless so teen year old boy at the moment," jj made a good point,
"no shit sherlock, we need to get john b off the island or something, just hide him until we make a game plan," ren said,
"okay, man, yucatan, all right? i'm saying that's the only option, what other option do you have?" jj asked
"jj, enough with the mexico bullshit all right? sarah's gonna bail me out," john b disagreed,
"she did witness the whole thing," kiara said,
"thank you,"
"and she's gonna snitch on her brother?" pope asked,
"to be honest, maybe. sarah's talked to me about him and man i hate him even more, so there's a chance but who knows?" ren sighed
"not happening, bro. okay?" jj said, "we've gotta get you off the island," jj said
"the ferry. it's the only way out," ren pointed out.
"exit stage left while you still can!" jj said yet again, "before the entire island is on lockdown,"
they heard sirens approaching again which made them all duck,
"guys, just get down," kiara said to the boys,
the sirens passed and everybody sat back up,
"sarah's not a pogue, john b," pope said
"yeah, you can't stay here, man," jj and ren sighed,
"i'm sorry john," she hugged him a little,
they drove to where the ferry's are to see what time they were leaving. pope and ren went out to check.
as pope was mumbling to himself looking for the times ren saw another sign, that was about john b.
'wanted, $25,000 John B Routledge'
it read.
"uh. pope?" ren asked showing him the sign,
"i don't mean to make this worse but the ferry's are closed aswell," pope said as ren pulled him back to the car,
"guys, slight problem," she sat down and showed them the sign,
"not only are the police looking for you, but the whole island is too," ren sighed handing john b the poster,
"and ferry is closed, must have got the memo," pope said to them aswell.
"well john b, this is a good framer of you," jj tried to lighten the mood but he failed terribly.
"that's a lot of money," kie read the sign,
"congratulations, john b. you're famous," jj said.
"okay guys, we gotta get to the HMS. we need small, no running lights-" kiara suggested but ren made a good point to why that would be a bad idea,
"it's at the chateau, kiara. and i bet if the whole island is looking for him there sure as hell is cops swarming that place," she said,
"yeah, copy that,"
"let me think... just give me a second," pope thought for a second before saying, "jj?"
"what?" jj answered,
"does your dad still have that boat? the cigarette boat, the phantom?" pope asked him,
"no he gave it to ren's dad, why?" jj asked,
"you could get right up the coast no problem," pope said,
"well pope, it's not gonna be easy i dont even know where the keys are," she said,
"well, find them," he yelled at her,
"okay, give me a second i'm thinking," she said
"why is nobody moving forward?!" pope whined
"can you relax?" kiara asked him,
"jj, how much weed did you give him?" ren laughed but felt a tap on her waist,
"hey, guys, ren kiara's car is on here," he whispered to her,
"shit! tell kiara not me! kie your car is on the poster, dude!" ren yelled, "drive or i swear to got i'll do it myself," ren threatened,
pope started beeping the car which alarmed a little kid about the van,
"look! look! it's that guy! right there!" the kid yelled at them,
"no it's not! it's just me and my friends, don't know a john b," ren said to herself,
"we got a snitch, pope, turn the car on," jj said
"we get $25,000 if we find him!" the kid yelled again,
a man walked up to the window and saw john b lying there,
"hey! he's right there!" he banged on the window a few times,
"i found him first!" the kid yelled at the man,
"hell you did, you little bastard!" the man yelled back, usually ren would've laughed but she didn't cause they were in trouble.
"drive pope drive!" she yelled at him like everybody else,
"go! go!" jj yelled,
the car hit into the car infront of them, sending them all forward,
"pope! go for gods sake!" ren yelled rubbing her head.
"pope just go!"
"pope drive!"
as he drove away he almost hit everything in sight,
but what he did hit was a sign and he laughed,
"oh my god!" he yelled
"pope!" john b yelled at him,
"jeez dude! chill please!" ren yelled at him,
"i'm livin' my best life now!" he yelled
"i should be the last one to tell you this, but you are not okay to drive. stop!" jj yelled.
as pope stopped he made john b get out, which was actually a good idea, so john b got out and ran, as the pogues led the cops their way, before they left, jj told him to meet him where they needed to be.
A//N
sorry it took so long to update! but here's the new chapter and guys! this book is almost coming to an end! i'm so sad about it but i've decided that me next story is going to be a rafe x oc. until next time!
-aaliyah